Ivan as a name
Ivan is a male given name with Slavic origins. It is the Russian and Slavic version of the name John, which means “God is gracious” in Hebrew. The name Ivan is widely used throughout Eastern Europe, including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Bulgaria, as well as in some other countries around the world.
In terms of famous people named Ivan, there are many notable figures throughout history and in modern times. For example, Ivan the Terrible was a 16th-century ruler of Russia, while Ivan Pavlov was a famous Russian physiologist who won a Nobel Prize for his work on the digestive system. Other well-known Ivans include Ivan Turgenev, a Russian writer, and Ivan Lendl, a Czech tennis player.
